“I used to hide it but after a lot of encouragement from my friends at university, I've gained the confidence to come out with it. I am the sun from Teletubbies. There has been quite a few people pretending to be 'the sun' but only I could tell you the real story. Everyone says they can see the likeness between my face now and me as a baby. I still have a baby face. I haven't changed much either. I am still giggly.” PeopleHas BeensStillsRealStoriesFacesUsedSunHavensChangedBabyMy FriendsEncouragementUniversityPretendingReal StoryI Haven't Changed Author:Jess Smith
“The media can be challenging, but at the same time, without the media, I would not have been able to share my personal story. Often the media can bring beauty and encouragement to people's lives...” PeopleHas BeensStoriesAbleChallengesShareMediaEncouragementPersonal Stories Author:Bethany Hamilton
“Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.” ShouldHas BeensWifeResearchEncouragementDebtMy WifeAcknowledgeTonight Author:George Porter
“In the last twelve years, we have come some distance towards reconciliation and the breaking down of disadvantage. Let us take encouragement from what has been achieved and set our minds and hearts to end the remaining roadblocks.” YearsMindHeartHas BeensEndsLastsEncouragementDistanceTwelveBreaking DownHeart And MindReconciliationDisadvantagesRoadblock Author:Malcolm Fraser
“We are now at a point where because we in fact have been successful at stopping a number of plots, a threat has evolved. We do see these lone-wolf actors. We do see these encouragements for troubled individuals to pick up a gun and act out of this ideology.” Has BeensFactsActorsIndividualNumbersSuccessfulPicksGunEncouragementThreatIdeologyPlotStoppingLoneLone Wolf Author:Barack Obama
“And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction. I find it a golden idol, honestly, where we have been hypocritical to ask people to resolve this issue in a way that we haven't encouraged other people with other struggles to resolve. I'm looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.” PeopleWayHas BeensUseAsksStruggleIssuesHavensExpectationsEncouragementAttractionHonestlyGoldenHolinessResolveDisappointedIdolsOfferingBiblicalPornographyHypocriticalUnrealistic ExpectationsOthers Struggles Author:Alan Chambers
“I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.” IfsLoveHas BeensInspirationMightMotivationStarsGoalInspiringEncouragementReachingEncouragingMight Have Been Author:Milton Berle
“We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to fruition, the man will get what he wants. He will get the moral support, the encouragement, the relief from the sense of loneliness, the assurance of his own worth. But these things pass away; inevitably they pass away as the shadows pass across sundials. It is sad, but it is so. The pages of the book will become familiar; the beautiful corner of the road will have been turned too many times. Well, this is the saddest story.” IfsMenWantNeedsWellsHas BeensBookStoriesBeautifulPassionMoralSupportLonelinessPagesShadowEncouragementCornersFamiliarReliefAssurancePassing AwaySaddestWorthinessFruitionSundialsMoral Support Book:The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion Source: The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
“It would have been sad for me to spend my life just trying to superimpose stuff on people rather than trying to encourage them to look within themselves for what's of value.” PeopleTryingLooksHas BeensValuesStuffAcceptanceEncouragement Author:Fred Rogers
“You may wonder, 'How can I leave it all behind if I am just coming back to it? How can I make a new beginning if I simply return to the old? The answer lies in the return. You will not come back to the 'same old thing. What you return to has changed because you have changed. Your perceptions will be altered. You will not incorporate into the same body, status, or world you left behind. The river has been flowing while you were gone. Now it does not look like the same river.” IfsWorldLooksMayDoeHas BeensBodyLyingLeftGrowthChangeAnswersBehindsWonderGoneChangedReturnPerceptionRiversEncouragementNew BeginningsComing BackLeft BehindAlteredOld ThingsStarting AnewSame Old ThingYou Have Changed Author:Stephen Foster
“Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.” MindHas BeensHopeLeadershipHeroDifficultyEncouragementAdversityStormProductivityConfusionProductiveHeroicThunderCalamityBoltsFurnacesHottest Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“I have been so very, very fortunate in my life. I've met or been in contact with several of my childhood heroes. I've interacted with people all over this planet, and even though I couldn't possibly hope to remember all their names, I remember a photograph, a poem, a sound, a joke, kind words of encouragement. All is not lost.” PeopleKindHas BeensRememberNamesLostSoundChildhoodPlanetsHeroMetsJokesEncouragementPhotographContactFortunateWords Of EncouragementKind Words Author:Wayne Gerard Trotman
“Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but world's champions.” WorldGivingYearsPersonsHas BeensMadeCommunityLinesModernTelevisionHard WorkCommunicationThousandGiving UpYears AgoEncouragementPressesCompetitionRadioTreasureChampionThousand YearsGiftedWorthlessModeratesPrintingSatellitesPrinting PressGiftednessModern Communication Book:Bluebeard Source: Bluebeard
“My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.” PeopleKnowsWayHas BeensYoungFatherVoiceEncouragementDiedDesperation Author:Damian Marley
“My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board.” WellsHas BeensAmericaBeliefCreativityEncouragementInnovationBoardsImmigrants Author:Howard Gardner